Wednesday, July 25, 2012

The Syrian army has had to evacuate residents from several areas in
the commercial hub of Aleppo as sporadic gunfire intensified, reports
RT’s Oksana Boyko. Other sources say attack helicopters were sent to
deal with the rebels in the northern city.

­Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, had long remained immune to the
17-month uprising against President Bashar Assad. This held true until
four days ago when rebels launched a “liberate Aleppo” offensive in the
city of three million.

“Sources in Aleppo report clashes in four suburbs. Residents took refuge at several university campuses,” reports RT’s correspondent in Syria, Oksana Boyko, in her Twitter microblog..... MORESource: RT.com